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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1955
Page
3
An editorial argues Congress should add more federal district judges including a third for Kansas. It notes Kansas’ high civil case filings and travel burdens with only two judges, warning political factors may delay expansion and leave Kansas with overworked jurists.
A column blends jokes and social curiosities from a busy week. It mentions 5000 new Army recruits, car sales rivalries between Chevrolet and Ford, a St Patrick’s planting day, jokes about steam yachts and wives, KU’s campus quirks, a cannabis arrest of an English professor, a pastry tip for whipped cream, a Mississippi gas chamber death, and a meeting with a Utah man on a Lebanese flight, all in light newsroom chatter.
A columnist recalls resisting flowered neckties and multi hue fashion trends including striped ties and cuff links while lamenting the rise of multi colored motor cars. The author notes two black show cars among many colors and prefers simple, lasting style over changing hues as a new car show inspires thoughts of a rainbow interiors and seat covers. The piece ends with a jab at overcolored cars and a preference for minimal colors.
A mix of old items includes a 4-H spring festival set for next week, Montgomery Ward store remodeling to begin soon, a local coffee sale at 24 cents a pound, a free cooking school at Memorial auditorium, Pickrell building remodeling approved, light primary election voting, Knute Knuteson injured by a wagon, Chief Collins warns against spitting, and thieves stealing canned fruit from Dr. C. W. Hardy's home in Sycamore.
HAL Boyle recalls the John Wannamaker department store sale in New York as bidders bid on 40,000 items across 14 stories. Items include carpets, show cases, restaurants, trucks, cash registers, tapestries, mirrors, busts, and polar bears brought back by Byrd.
A college student asks Dr Crane how to end procrastination and improve memory. The piece outlines clear impressions as the basis of memory and offers steps: write tomorrow’s duties tonight, underline key facts, and make self tests with true false or multiple choice questions, plus locating tested pages for quick review.
Pvt. Chester Stalin of Fort Leonard Wood Missouri was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of threatening President Eisenhower. He allegedly wrote a menacing letter to the President.
A dense Friday program grid lists Channel 2 KFEQ TV and others with a full lineup from 2:00 pm through late night. It covers news, cartoons, dramas, games, sports, variety shows, and late night films across KFEQ WIBW WDAF and more, naming programs and times.
A garbled OCR style listing shows a Friday March 1 radio schedule across stations KMBC WDAF WDAT WDAP EMBC and others. It mentions programs with hosts and titles such as Dinah Shore Gunsmoke The Opry and Abbott and Costello, plus sports or music blocks and a late night list ending with KMBC News and miscellaneous call signs.
The Herald lists new subscribers and renewals from Ottawa Homewood Williams burg Princeton Lane Pomona Rantoul Wellsville Greeley Baldwin Quenejmo Melvern among others. Names include Frank Spooner Carl Richardson C W Schnider Fred McFarland Fred E Lutz Roger Scott Jodie Cole Wendell Broers Henry Hildebrandt Max King J D Carpenter C E Bethel Joseph Button Albert Smith Dale Dieterich Frank Weis T L Stevenson Carl Bloomer Marion Vail C W Finch Bill Kyle Albert Moldenhauer Gerald McGaugh Samuel Saltzman Chris Frank Ray Price J R Hull Mrs R H Morgan Sr N E Blair Alice Neill Clarence Pinkston George Wadkins.
Sen. Byrd of Virginia urged the Senate to reject the House approved 200 tax cut arguing deficit financing cannot keep the nation solvent. Senate Finance Committee chair, Knowland, and Secretary Humphrey criticized the compromise plan as irresponsible. A stray note mentions a ringtailed cat with a long tail for its size.
A long roster of Sunday services across counties lists churches with pastors, Sunday schools, worship times, youth programs, and evening services. The entries cover Seventh Day Adventist, Quenemo Federated, Union Chapel Methodist, Homewood Christing, Centropolia Christian, Princeton Methodist, Pomona Methodist, Michigan Valley Methodist, and numerous others with specific service times and pastors. Additional notes cite youth groups, morning and evening worship schedules, and weekday activities across many congregations.
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